the picture is from under the old part looking toward the addition. the newer 2 x 4s are just a brace the old owner put in to cover a 6" x 4" hole the the floor. the 2 x laying horizontal is the sill plate. as far as a permit i havent a clue. the guy the house used to belong to said the...
ok i was mistaken on the first post on one thing, the hole in the foundation wall is about 3' long. at the bottom of the 4' hole i was going to dig i was going to pour a 1' x 1' x 2' deep slab then the sonotube on top of that. Id be able to fill it but it wouldnt be easy. i do like the ganged up...
i recently inherited an older house and in the kitchen i noticed the floor sagged. quite a bit too. its about a 3- 3 1/2" difference. now when i went into the crawl space to find the cause i discover that at some point in time there was a small addition added onto the kitchen (3 1/2' x 12'). now...